The great and good Flicka has now responded to my brilliant suggestion that she would make a splendid Frau Generaldirektor for the San Francisco Opera (between Oliva Stapp's company in Walnut Creek and Irene Dallis' in San Jose). Oh dear, she said, "I can't even keep my checkbook balanced!" While I don't think that's a problem (neither K.H. Adler nor Terence McEwen was in the book-balancing business), and Flicka is still *my* candidate to replace the thrifty Lotfi Mansouri, the claim of fiscal ignorance (from a banker's wife!) should well qualify Flicka for other offices: * Senator from New York? * President of the United States? We'll open campaign offices on Monday. Contributions should be mailed written on opera fans (the object, the not the person). Janos Gereben/SF [log in to unmask]